Medical Vocabulary Chapter 3

Front 1

Arachn-

Back 1

Combining Form

spider, web; arachnoid membrane

Front 2

Chlor-

Back 2

Combining Form

green

Front 3

Chondr-

Back 3

Combining Form

Cartilage

Front 4

Dactyl-

Back 4

Combining Form

finger, toe

Front 5

Derm(at)-, -derma

Back 5

Combining Form

Skin

Front 6

(H)elc-

Back 6

Combining Form

Ulcer

Front 7

Hidr(ot)-, -idr-

Back 7

Combining Form

sweat

Front 8

Hist(i)-

Back 8

Combining Form

[web] tissue

Front 9

Hydr-

Back 9

Combining Form

water, fluid

Front 10

Icter-

Back 10

Combining Form

jaundice

Front 11

In-, Inos-

Back 11

Combining Form

Fiber, muscle

Front 12

Is-

Back 12

Combining Form

equal, same, similar, alike

Front 13

Mening-
-Meninx

Back 13

Combining Form

meningeal membrane, meninges

Front 14

My(s)-

Back 14

Combining Form

muscle

Front 15

Myc(et)-

Back 15

Combining Form

fungus

Front 16

Myel-

Back 16

Combining Form

bone marrow, spinal cord

Front 17

Narc-

Back 17

Combining Form

stupor, numbness

Front 18

Necr-

Back 18

Combining Form

corpse; dead

Front 19

Olig-

Back 19

Combining Form

few, deficient

Front 20

Onych-

Back 20

Combining Form

fingernail, toenail

Front 21

Pod-

Back 21

Combining Form

foot

Front 22

Poli-

Back 22

Combining Form

gray matter of the brain and spinal cord

Front 23

Poly-

Back 23

Combining Form

many, excessive

Front 24

Por-

Back 24

Combining Form

passage, opening, duct, pore, cavity

Front 25

Psych-

Back 25

Combining Form

[soul] mind

Front 26

Som(at)-
-soma

Back 26

Combining Form

body

Front 27

Sthen-

Back 27

Combining Form

Strength

Front 28

Trachel-

Back 28

Combining Form

neck, cervix

Front 29

Xanth-

Back 29

Combining Form

yellow